Machine for holding, displaying, and indorsing checks.



E. F., CHANDLER. MACHINE POR HOLDING, DISPLAYING, AND INDORSING CHECKS.

' APPLICATION H En U 1,032,378., L J m 1m Patented Ju1y16,1912.

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E. F. CHANDLER.

MACHINE POR HOLDING, DISPLAYING, AND INDORSING CHECKS. APPLIOATION FILED JULY 9, 1908.

1,032,378., Patented July 16, 1912.

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E. F. CHANDLER.

MACHINE FOB HOLDING, DISPLAYING, AND INDOESING CHECKS.

APPLIoATIoN FILED JULY 9, 190s.

- 1,032,378. Patented Ju1y16, 1912.

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[NI/ENTO/e E. F. CHANDLER.

MACHINE ron HOLDING, DISPLAYING, AND INDoRsING oHBoKs.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 9, 1908. l ,032,378.

Patented July 16, 1912.

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W1 TNESSES E. F. CHANDLER.

MACHINE FOB. HOLDING! DISPLAYING, AND INDORSING CHECKS.

i APPLICATION FILED JULY 9, 190B. l Bgyvn Patented July 16, 1912.

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Wl TNESSES EDWARD FARRINGTON CHANDLER, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW AYORK.

MACHINE FOR HOLDING, DISPLAYING, AAND INDORSING- CHECKS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July f6', 1912.

Application led .Tuly 9, 1908. Serial No. 442,710.

To all 'whom 'it may concern.

Be it kno-wn that I, EDWARD F. CHAN- DLER, a citizen of the United States, residing in Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Machines for Holding, Displaying, and Indorsing Checks, of which the following is a specification.

This y.invention relates to an improved construction of machine for holding, in-

dorsing or stnping and displaying checks and more particularly to certain improvements upon the machine fo-r holding, stamping and displaying checks shown, described and claimed in the application for Letters Patent filed byme November 23,`

1905, Serial Number 288,765.

This invention is intended for use in banks, counting houses and the like, the

purpose of the invention being t-o provide a machine in which a number of checks can be placed, the machine being arranged` adjacent an adding machine and one face thereof in plain view, so that the face of the check may be displayed for a definite length of Itime to the operator of the adding machine so that the amount of the check can be quickly and easily read and the adding machine operated during the int-erval of time which elapses between the displaying of one check and the feeding, in-

' dorsing and 'displaying of the next check.

Another object of the present improve-v ment is to provide a machine in which the feeding, indorsing and displaying of the check will be carried `on at a uniform rate of speed, irrespective ofthe width of the check as it is a well known fact that there is no uniformity in the width of checks and con sequently some provision must be'made for compensating for the differences between,

narrow and bro-ad checks, as it is essential that each check should be displayed a defi nite length of time irrespective of its width.

Another object of the present construction 1s to provide a machine in which all of the operations4 will be thoroughly automatic after the lelectric switch has been chine in motion shifted for the purpose of placing the ma- This enables the person operating the adding machine to' arrange a number of checks inthe hopper of the machine, throw the switch and proceed with the operation of the adding machine as each check will be fed from the hopper,

indorsed with the bank stamp upon the back thereof and after being so stamped or indorsed the face thereof will be displayed to the operator for a suticient length of time to enable him to clearly read the amount of the check `and transcribe the same by means of the machine.

With these objects in view and also certain other objects as will appear hereinafter, as the invention is more full described, the invention consists in the various novelties of construction, combination and arrangement all of which will be fully described hereinafter and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification-Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of the machine. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional elevation. Fig. 3 is a sectional plan onthe line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a sectional plan on the line '4 4 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a ,detail view of the indorsing or stamping roll and associated parts. Figs. 6 and 7 are detail sectional views on the line 6-6 of Fig. 5, Fig. 6 showing the circuit as broken and Fig. 7 p showing the circuit closed. Figs.8, 9, and 10 are detail sectional views Von the line 8 8 of Fig. 5, Fig. 8' showing the parts in the same position as they are in Fig. 6, Fig. 9 showing the parts in the same position they are in Fig. 7, and Fig. 10 shows the position the parts assume in case the check is of unusual length. Fig. 11 is a detail perspective View of the hopper. Fig.v12 is a detail perspective view of the follower. Fig. 13 is a de tail view partly in section showing the mechanism for throwing the machine into and out of operation. Fig. 14 is a detail perspective view of the movable hanger in which is arranged the upper end of the vertical driving shaft. Fig. 15 is a detail view illustrating the connection between the motor shaft, vertically driven shaft and the brake mechanism. Fig. 16 is a detail perspective view of the movable armature and bar connected therewith. Fig. 17 is a diagrammatic view illustrating the electric circuits and connected connection with the mac ine. Fig. 18 is a detail view illustrating the manner of supporting the segregating disks.

The general appearance of the machlne is very much the same as the one shown 1n the application previously referred to and in the practical embodiment of my present parts employed in p esY construction I employ a case A comprising a bottom A', front A2, back A3 and ends A4,

the upper/end of the casing being conlwhich the feed rolls hereinafter described,

turn for the purpose of feeding the checks. The front of the casing is formed with an opening A13, in which is arranged a glass panel A14, and behind which the checks are held for the purpose of displaying them for a definite length of time as will be fully eX- plained hereinafter.

The back of the case is constructed with a hinged door A10 so that access to the interior whenever desired.

of the machine can be conveniently had As beforestated the checks are arranged in the hopper-onedge, that is, resting on their bottom longitudinal edge and are held in substantially a vertical position againstthe detachable guides by' means vof a movable follower, B, provided with rollers B', at each end, and a roller B2 at the center of the bottom edge of the hopper, which travel upon the inclined bottom of the hopper, the front face Bs of the follower contacting with the bunch of checks and holding them in their proper upright position, said follower resting lnormallyc against the bunch of checks by gravity inasmuch as the said follower travels upon the inclined bottom of the hopper.

Resting upon the bottom of the hopper and beneath the follower are the metal strips C, the inner ends of which project beyond the inner end of the bottom of the hopper and are curved downwardly into the throat of the hopper as most clearly yshown in Fig. l, and this curved end C is slotted as shown lat C2 and mountedin each slot is a segregating disk being held in clips C4 rigidly connected to a longitudinal bar C5 arranged beneath the bottom of the hopper and carrying tubular castings C through which a `bolt C1 passes, the'threaded end of said bolt being screwed into the wall A which is arranged in the casing and constitutes the front side of the passageway throughl which the check is fed.

The opposing wall A12- is a continuation of the back of the hopper as most clearly shown in Fig. 1. The bolts C7 extend a considerable distance through the tubular castings C and springs C8 bearing upon said castings and the nut C9 serves to force the segregating disks the proper distance toward the feed rolls D which will be fully described hereinafter, and 'the movement of the tubuwardly by means of springs C11 each spring being fastened at the inner end to a short pin C12 depending from the bottom of the hopper while the other end of each spring is connected to a screw C13 carried by the plate C and which works in a slot C14 produced in the bott-om of the hopper. This construction enables the'metal strips to be held in proper position with reference to the segregating disks, Yand consequently in proper position with reference to the checks which are being fed from the hopper to the stamping mechanism hereinafter fully described.

There are preferably two. segregating disks and it will be noted that the bottom of the hopper is cut away as shown in `F ig. 11, and the back of the hopper is also cut away at a point directly opposite as shown at A9, and working therein are the feed rolls D, which may be ofany suitable material, but preferably of rubber or at least rubber faced, in order to insure a firm grip upon the check. These feed rolls are Vso arranged with reference to the segregating disks that the checks will rest with their edges upon said rolls and disks and when the rolls are operated the checks will be fed one at a time down into the passageway formed by the walls A11 and A12. The rolls D are mounted upon a-horizontal shaft D journaled in the casing and'adjacent one end of the shaft D has a worm-gear D2 mounted thereon, which gear is adapted 4to mesh with the worm D3 carried upon the upper end of the vertical driving shaft D4, said worm D3 being arranged within a swinging hanger D5, the side members of said hanger being pivoted upon the shaft D, and these side members are connected by means of the top and bottom bearing plates D61 between which the worm D? isarranged. The purpose of this swinging hanger is to keep the worm Ds and worm gear D2 always in mesh, and yet permit the vertical driving shaft D4 to have a limited swinging movement at its lower end, said lower end being journaled in a movable vbar E which carries an armature E at one end which armature is adapted to be attracted by the electro-magnet E2 whenever said magnet is energized and when said armature is attracted the` shaft D4 is caused to move so as to bring the worm gear D6 into mesh with the worm D7 which is mounted upon the shaft of the motor, and at the same timethe brake F which is fastened at one end F to the side of the casing v ian circling a brake disk F3 arranged upon the end of the motor shaft which also carries the worm D2. The spring E3 throws the armature away from the electro-magnet 5 the moment the current is broken and consequently the bar E is shifted so as to move the vertical driving shaft out of engagement with the motor and the brake is applied so that the motor is stopped.v It will therefore be understood that checks are arranged upon edge in the hopper and the motor started and this motion is communicated through the gearing devices to the feeding rolls which co-acting with the segregating disks serve to feed the checks one at a time down into the passageway formed between the walls A11 and A12.

r[he circuits controlling the electric motor will be fully described hereinafter, and I will now proceed to describe the manner of indorsing and stamping each check upon the back thereof, as it is` fed from the hopper to the display portion of the casing.

The shaft D has a gear wheel G mounted upon the outer end thereof, which gear meshes with a similar gear G', which is mounted upon the outer end of a shaft G2, which is mounted in the casing below the bottom of the hopper and mounted upon this shaft G2 is a cylindrical platen G3 which is adapted to co-act with the stamp or indorsing roll H, which carries the bank stamp H', which is to be impressed upon theback face of the check as it is passed down through the passage-way and it will be `noted that the walls A11 and A12 are cut away to permit the faces of the platen and vstamping roll to Contact With each other as most clearly shown in Figs. 5, 6 and 7.

The stamping roll H is mounted loosely upon a shaft H2 which is adjustably mounted upon the rods H3 screwed into the walls A12 and springs H1 serve to hold the shaft H2 so that the stamping rolls will Contact with the platen and set screws H5 are passed through the ends of the shaft for the purpose of regulating the exact position the shaft shall occupy with reference to the walls A12.

rlhe stamping roll is cut away as shown at H so that the check will have ample room to pass downwardly between the platen and stamping roll prior to the stamping operation and mounted upon the stationary shaft adjacent one end of the stamping roll is a finger I, said finger being of such length as to project across a passage which the check traverses and this finger is normally held in a horizontal position by means of the pin I', projecting from the end of the stamping'roll and a spring I2 is connected to a stud I3 carried by the finger, the opposite end of said spring being connected 'to the end of the stamping roll as shown at I4 for 65 the purpose of normally maintaining the linger I, upon the pin I'. At the opposite end of the stamping roll is a disk K having an insulated portion K', said disk being of any suitable conductive material, and a contact plate K2, contacts with the disk and a contact plate K3 is adapted to engage the insulated portion K', when the finger I is in a horizontal position as most clearly shown in Fig. 8.

Conductor wires lead from the contact plates K2 and K3 to the magnets and electric motor as hereinafter fully described. As the check is fed from the passage, it engages the finger I, with sufficient force to turn the roll a sufficient distance to move the disk K,'so that the insulated portion K', is moved from beneath the cont-act plate K2, andthe circuit will then be closed, and the circuit being closed, the moving parts of t-he machine will be set in motion and the checks will be fed from the hopper down between the plate and stamping roll and the stamping roll and platen being once brought-into` contact with each other as shown in Fig. 9, the check will be held between them and stamped or indorsed. These movements will continue until the disk K is turned so as to bring the insulated portion K,.beneath the contact plate K3 when the circuit will be broken and the movements of the machine stopped and this will occur just after the check has passed beyond thestamping roll.

In case the check is of extraordinary width I provide against the premature breaking of the circuit by providing for a limited movement of the finger I, as most clearly shown in Fig. 10, as it will be noted that as the stamping roll turns, the end of the finger will come into contact with the check and the'roll will be stopped, the finger being pressed downward until it will be stopped, the finger being pressed downward until it contacts with the stopfinger I5 project-ing from the end of the roll and by/haw ing this free movement of the finger, the motion of the insulated disk is retarded until the check has passed completely through the stamping mechanism, and the spring I2 will then act upon this finger to bring it back to its normal position and in the meantime the disk K will have been brought around to such position as to open the circuit.

The Wall A12 is continued downwardly substantially parallel with the glass panel A14 as most clearly shown at A15 and is ,then diverted in a rearwardly direction as shown at A16 in order to provide suitable guideways for a drawer A17 into which the checks are dropped after they have been displayed for the desired length of time. Upon the rear ofthe wall or partition A15 is journaled a rock shaft L, carrying depending arms L', having hooked lower ends L2 which project forwardly through the openings L3 'and which hooked ends serve to catch thel check after it has been passed through the stamping mechanism4 and holds said check directly opposite the glass panel A and in such position that it can be clearly seen by the operator of the adding machine.' The amount of the check is then transcribed by means of the adding machine, and the operator is then ready to drop said check and start the mechanism feeding the next succeeding check and this he accomplished`by pressing a button, for the purpose of energizing a magnet M, arranged centrally of the case and so positioned as to attract the armature M', which is ararnged upon the central depending arm L', and when this armature isattracted, all-three, of the arms are moved so as to withdraw t-he hooked ends L2 from beneath the' bottom of the check and the check then dropped into the drawer A17. It will be understood that as soon as the check passes the stamping mechanism the current to the motor is cut off and the moving parts of the machine are t-hereby stopped and the check is therefore permitted to remain upon the hooked ends L2 until the operator pushed the buttonffor the purpose of energizing the magnet, and in so doing the motor is restarted and consequently the next succeeding check is started on its journey from the hopper to the stamping mech-v amsm.

The dash pot N is connected to one of the arms L for the purpose nf rendering the movements of the said arms 'easy and noiseless. v

"In Fig. 17 I have shown a diagrammatic View for the purpose of illustrating the circuits employed in connection with this machine, and in which 1 indicates the line wires and 2 an ordinary switch. 3 indicates the circuit wires of. the main circuit in which the motor is located and 4- indicates the circuit wires of the secondary circuit in which the magnet M is located and this secondary circuit it will be noted is connected A with and formsra part of the main circuit and is provided with a push button 5. i Now, in operation the switch 2, is closed and the contact plates K3 rest-ing upon the insulated portion KL and the button 5 open, the current, of course cannot pass and the machine remains stationary but the moment the button 5 is closed, the current will pass through the magnet M and through the magnet E2 setting the motor in operation and this will serve to start the feeding mechanism and the moment the check reaches the finger I, it will trip said nger turning the 'insulated portion K away and closing the circuit at that point and all of the operations ofthe machine will then proceed with the button 5 open.

As before stated,vthe check after passing from the hopper strikes thev nger'I bringis being fed between the stamping roll and platen and after the check has been dropped upon the hooked ends L2 of the depending arms L the circu-it has been broken and the machine temporarily stopped for thepurpose of displaying the check, and after the operator has secured all the information desired from the face of the check and transcribed th'e same, by means of the adding machine, the button 5 is pressed, withdrawing the arms, dropping the check and starting the machine in operation for feeding the next check.

It will thus be seen that' I provide a' simple and eiiicient machine by means of which a series of checks can be successivelyfed,

feeding anumber'of checks, of means for stamping or indorsing 4said checksy so fed, means for arresting the motion of each check and also the operation of the machine, together with'means under control of the operator forreleasing said check and starting machine.

2. In a machine of the kind described, thecombination of means for successively feeding and stamping a series of checks, and arresting each check after stamping and si.- multaneously stopping the movement of the machine, together with means under control of operator for releasing checkA and start-ing machine. v v

y3. y In a machine of the kind described, the combination of. means for feeding and stamping one check-at a time and means for arresting the operation of themachine and holding a check so stamped together vwith means under control of operator for releasingl said check, so held and starting the operation ofthe machine.

4; In a machine of the kind described, the combination ,with a .hopper terminating in a passage-way, segregating disks arranged in the throat of the hopper, feed rolls arranged opposite and contiguous the segregating disks, a stamping roll -andplaten arranged upon opposite sides of the passage and projecting into said passage the stamping roll carrying means 'for making and breaking an electric circuit and means arranged in said circuit for operating the feed --rolls and platen, as sety forth. i

5. In a machine of the kind described, the combination with a hopper terminating in a passage-way, of the follower movable in the hopper, the adjust-able segregating disks,

arranged inthe throat of the hopper, the

breaking the circuit, an electric circuit and i means arranged in said circuit for moving the feed rolls, platen and stamping roll, as set forth. I

6. In a machine of the kind described, the combination' with the feeding mechanism, of the platen and stamping roll, of an insulated disk arranged at one end of the stamping roll, and forming a part of an electric circuit, a finger movable at the opposite end .of the stampingroll, said finger projecting horizontally and adapted to be tripped by the fall of a check, for the purpose of closing the circuit and means arranged in, and operated by, said circuit, for the purpose of operating the feeding mechanism, as set forth.

7. In a machine of the kind described, the combination with the hopper, of the segregating disks and feed rolls, the stamping roll and platen, the electric motor and operating devices for moving the feed rolls and platen -and a circuit connecting the stamping roll and `electric motor, and means carried by the stamping roll for making and breaking said circuit, as specified. e

8. In a machine of the kind described, the combination with the hopper, of the segregating disks and feed rolls, the stamping roll and platen, the electric motor and operating devices for moving the feed rolls and platen, and a circuit connecting the stamping roll and electric motor and means car* ried by the stamping roll, for making and breaking said circuit, together with arms for holding the check after it has passed the stamping roll and platen.

9. In a machine of the kind described, the combination with a hopper, disks and feed rolls, of the stamping roll and platen, the, hooked arms adapted to catch the check after passing the stamping roll and platen, and

electrically controlled means for releasing said arms, and moving the feed rolls, as set forth.

l0. In a machine of the kind described,

the combination with the hopper, disks and feed rolls, of the stamping rolland platen, the hooked arms for catching the check y after ithas passed the stamping roll, electrically controlled means for' releasing the arms, and moving the feed rolls, together with means carried by the stamping roll, for making and breaking the circuit controlling the feed-rolls operating mechanism.

11. In a machine of the kind described, a printing or stampingroll arranged opposite a platen and having a flattened face, a

finger arranged upon one end of the stamping roll and adapted to have a limited swinging movement between two pins arranged upon the end of the roll, means for normally holding said finger in contact with one of the pins, and a disk arranged at the opposite .end of the roll, said disk having an insulating section, for the purpose set forth.

12. In a machine of the kind described, the combination with. a casing having a hopper at itsupper end and asight-opening in the front face of the case, of the feed rolls and segregating disks arranged in the mouth of the hopper, the stamping roll and platen arranged upon opposite sides of the passage leading from the hopper, a circuit making and. breaking device carried by a stamping roll, a tripping finger carried by the stamping roll, and adapted to receive the fall of the check for the purpose of making circuit, depending arms having hooked ends adapted to catch and hold the check opposite the sight openings, an electric motor arranged within the case, and electric circuit connecting said motor, with the stamping roll, electrically controlled means for operating the hooked arms and .a circuit closer, controlling the circuit in which the electro-magnet controlling the arms is located, said circuit being connected with and secondary to the first mentioned circuit, and means operated by the electric motor for moving the feeding and stamplng rolls and platen as set forth.

EDWARD FARRINGTON CHANDLER. Witnesses:

WM. BARKER, J. M. BARRETT. 

